Ricky Strauss Exits As Head Of Marketing For Apple TV+

Ricky Strauss is leaving Apple TV+ after a 16-month stint as Head of Marketing.

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In his role, he was involved in consumer marketing campaigns, creative advertising, media and promotions across original series and films for Apple TV+ as part of Apple’s Marketing Communications team under VP Tor Myhren. It is unclear whether his position will be replaced.

A 30-year veteran, Strauss joined Apple after spending more than nine years at Disney, most recently as president of content and marketing for Disney+ at launch and president of programming for Hulu and Disney+.

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Prior to that, Strauss was president of marketing for the Walt Disney Studios, leading the marketing strategy and campaigns for Disney films.

Strauss joined Disney after seven years as president of Participant Media, where he oversaw such films as Oscar winners The Help, An Inconvenient Truth, The Cove and Waiting for Superman.

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